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Bloomberg Bursts into the 2016 Spotlight
Throughout the past several months, prominent names have been thrown into the conversation about a potential 2016 presidential run. People like Vice President Joe Biden and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, once viable…
Outside The Bubble: Mass Shooting Spike, Protestors Under Fire
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This week saw a continuation of national trends in lives lost due to gun violence. While some have claimed it as domestic terrorism, others press onward in their fight for second…
Outside The Bubble: Montreal Begins 2 Billion Gallon Sewage Dump into St. Lawrence
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Wednesday morning at 12:01 a.m., the city of Montreal began an extremely controversial and environmentally questionable raw sewage pump downstream of Canton. The dzecision to proceed with the municipal dump was…
Outside The Bubble: Compromise for the U.S and Cuba
President Castro of Cuba and President Obama met last Friday to discuss relations between their respective countries for the first time in fifty years. This unprecedented meeting could potentially lead to the United States removing the…
Outside the Bubble: Homeland (In)security
Throughout the last five years, the Republicans used the Senate’s filibuster rule to strike down several legislations and presidential nominations. The GOP was rapidly deemed “the party of no” by the Democratic Party, but now it appears…
Outside the Bubble: Post-Murder Riots Escalate in Turkey
Last week, the late Ozgecan Aslan was memorialized and mourned by the world in a hashtag that swept across Twitter and resonated with individuals far beyond her home country of Turkey. A mini-bus driver allegedly attempted to rape and then…
Outside the Bubble: The Vaccination Debate
A recent outbreak of Measles across the United States has re-ignited the heated debate over vaccinations, and the laws put in place by various states that enforce them amongst the nation's youth.
The current spread of the…
Outside The Bubble: Israeli Prime Minister Crashes USA
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) have been very public about their harsh political differences and strong feelings of contempt for each other. They disagree very openly, but Speaker Boehner recently made a political…